Thursday's sports briefs

Citadel nips WCU at tourney

GREENVILLE, S.C. - The Citadel scored five runs in the fifth inning and four in the sixth Thursday night en route to a 12-11 win over Western Carolina in the Southern Conference Baseball Tournament at Fluor Field.

The regular-season champion Catamounts (39-19) will face rival Appalachian State (28-23) at 3 p.m. today in an elimination game.

Elon leaves SoCon and joins CAA

RICHMOND, Va. - Elon became the fifth school to announce plans to leave the Southern Conference this year when school President Leo M. Lambert told reporters Thursday that Elon will join the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2014-15 season.

The Phoenix will join as an all-sports member, giving the CAA 10 basketball schools and 12 in football once Elon becomes eligible.

Appalachian State (Sun Belt), Georgia Southern (Sun Belt), Davidson (Atlantic 10) and College of Charleston (CAA) will also be leaving the SoCon.

The SoCon released the following statement from commissioner John Iamarino on Thursday: "In recent years, it became increasingly evident that Elon's negative view of the diversity in the Southern Conference was not shared by the majority of the membership. Our core group remains firmly committed to each other and to the academic and athletic success of the Southern Conference. We are preparing specific initiatives to achieve that success."

Dave Blank, Elon's athletic director, said: "What conference is not subject to change right now? In our analysis, and in our decision, we were looking strictly at what was best for our institution. We had to make that decision not knowing with the Southern Conference is going to look like and not knowing what the Colonial Athletic Association is going to look like," Blank said.

James, Bryant picked for All-NBA team

NEW YORK - LeBron James was a unanimous pick for the All-NBA team and Kobe Bryant earned his record-tying 11th first-team selection. James received all 119 votes for the first team from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.

Correction

A story in Thursday's Citizen-Times erroneously reported that Ned Jarrett was deceased.

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Thursday's sports briefs

The Citadel scored five runs in the fifth inning and four in the sixth Thursday night en route to a 12-11 win over Western Carolina in the Southern Conference Baseball Tournament at Fluor Field.